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FASTSTATS - Hospital Utilization. (Data are for the U.S.)

FASTSTATS - Hospital Utilization

Hospital inpatient care Number of discharges: 35.1 million Discharges per 10,000 population: 1,139.6 Average length of stay in days: 4.8 Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2010 table, Number and rate of hospital discharges [PDF - 46 KB] Performance Based Pricing. How Does RankPay Pricing Work?

Performance Based Pricing

RankPay provides Upfront Pricing for the Top 30 Positions segmented into (5) Ranking Tiers. Performance Based Pricing. Performance Based Pricing. PMD: Take A Tour. 5 Tips on Social Media for Pharma Marketing. Social media marketing presents challenges for every company in defining the appropriate voice for the brand and how to engage.

5 Tips on Social Media for Pharma Marketing

However, some companies are forced to work within much stricter guidelines such as those in heavily regulated industries. Does that mean social media shouldn’t be part of the marketing and communications mix? No. Companies that are using fear of regulations or lack of guidance as an excuse to sit on the social media sidelines are missing out on important opportunities to enhance their online presence and connect with their customers. Fear should never be the driving factor for a business. Pharmaceutical marketing is highly regulated by the FDA and the Division of Drug Marketing and Communications (DDMAC). Yet some healthcare and pharma companies are doing good work in the space, finding ways to connect physicians via secure social networks to improve information sharing for example.

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User Registration Add-On Questions « Gravity Support Forums

I have a few pre-purchase questions after reading the documentation available before buying. Support » [Plugin: Gravity Forms Directory] User Edit Record Ongoing Issue. Admin&Single Gravity Forms Add-On. 14 Benefits of a Facebook Business Page Over a Personal Profile. Google+ Gets Down To Business - Software - Productivity/Collaboration Apps. Google rolls out several new Google+ features, eyes launch of a distinct Google+ enterprise service by 2014.

Google+ Gets Down To Business - Software - Productivity/Collaboration Apps

Enterprise Social Networks: Must-Have Features Guide (click image for larger view and for slideshow) Having last year invited its business customers to join Google+, Google is finally rolling out some features to help companies use its social network. An Eye On Google: Re-engaging with digital marketing in response to... How To Optimize Your Infographic For Maximum Reach. The use of infographics as a content marketing strategy has been gaining steam since late 2010.

How To Optimize Your Infographic For Maximum Reach

By incorporating infographics into your marketing mix, you can achieve additional online visibility as well as increased brand awareness. In order to maximize the online visibility of your infographic, you need to understand that you will need to not only optimize the page that hosts the image, but the image itself. Find an Accredited Provider - Advanced. Rehabilitation Facilities: Rehabilitation: Health: National Resource Directory. Supreme Court Decision “Extremely Uplifting” for Substance Abuse Field, Expert Says. The U.S.

Supreme Court Decision “Extremely Uplifting” for Substance Abuse Field, Expert Says

Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is extremely uplifting for the substance abuse field, according to A. Thomas McLellan, PhD, CEO of the Treatment Research Institute and former Deputy Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Dr. McLellan, who served on President Obama’s healthcare reform task force, notes the debates and research around the ACA produced two startling facts. Institute: Popular Articles. The Employee Assistance Program Directory. - Employee Assistance Professionals Association, Inc. New England Technology Directory. Intelligence for New England's Innovation economy Mass High Tech Life Sciences Directory.

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US Unemployment Rate and Total Unemployed. The BLS household survey showed that the US unemployment rate fell 0.0 percentage points in March 2014 to 6.7%.

US Unemployment Rate and Total Unemployed

The unemployment rate peaked in October 2009 at 10.0% and is now 3.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 6.6% in January 2014, the unemployment rate has now risen by 0.1 percentage points. Unemployment Rate Note: Recessions shown in gray. AHRQ Project Red - Patient Safety and Quality Care - Joint Commission Resources. Of the 39.5 million hospital discharges per year, 19% of patients have a post-discharge adverse event and 20% of Medicare patients are readmitted within 30 days.

Staggering numbers for a process that is not standardized. Learn more about how the Project RED intervention has reduced readmission rates and improved patient safety by accessing the resources listed on this page. JCR has implemented a revised model and strategy to support the registration of additional hospitals as we extend our work with AHRQ into Phase II, which will extend through September 2012. Medical Informatics for Better and Safer Health Care.

For many years, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has supported research into medical informatics, which deals with effectively organizing, analyzing, managing, and using information in health care.

Medical Informatics for Better and Safer Health Care

Some of the computer systems being used today that resulted from this research are described here. Select for PDF version (92 KB). Plugin Software Help. Health Information Technology: Integration of Clinical Workflow into Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records. Clinical Trial Results, When Overlapped With Health Technology Assessments, Provides More Complete Outlook for Reimbursement Decisions. Why Do Trials Cost So Much? Clinical research is indisputably expensive. Plenty of small life science companies go bankrupt discovering that. The real question is how expensive trials are. Faster, Better, Cheaper… Validated?! Clinical Trial Facts & Figures - CISCRP - Center for Information & Study on Clinical Research Participation.

Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 2 (SCAT2) The SCAT2 is a standardized method of evaluating injured athletes for concussion and can be used in athletes aged from 10 years and older. It supersedes the original SCAT published in 2005. The Sport Concussion Library will maintain the SCAT2 site, however it is suggested that SCAT3 (Link to SCAT3) be utilized, as it is the tool approved and published in the recent November 2012 Consensus statement on concussion in sport from the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport.

Military misrepresents $18M traumatic brain injury tool. An $18 million tool that the Military Health System for two years has touted as way to gather information about traumatic brain injury (TBI) actually has nothing to do with management or assessment of TBI cases, reports Nextgov. The Traumatic Brain Injury/Behavioral Health software tool was to include capabilities to fulfill a Department of Defense mandate calling for neurocognitive readiness assessments for all service members within six months of deployment. Traumatic brain injury has become the signature injury from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, caused by exposure to roadside bombs.

Research from Boston University and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System has found that exposure to even a single bomb can create lifelong problems, according to Stars and Stripes. Event Details. Alcohol and drug addiction treatment Innovations for Recovery. This prototype is a creation of the "Addiction Treatment Vision Panel" funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The initiative focused on identifying technology-based opportunities to improve outcomes and cost-effectiveness of the addiction treatment and recovery field. LifeWire.